mullâ

See also: mulla and mullà

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mllâz

Etymology

Gheg; from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *melana (“black”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *mel(H)-n- (“dull black”) (compare Latvian męl̃ns (“black”), Serbo-Croatian malina (“raspberry”), Ancient Greek μέλαινα (mélaina, “black”)). For sense development from ‘black’ to ‘heartache’, compare zi. Doublet of mëllë.

Noun

mullâ m

1. (Gheg) heartache, heartbreak